Environmental selection of antibiotic resistance genes

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-9

  Alonso, A ^a   Sanchez P ^a   Martinez J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; POLLUTANT; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; SELECTION (GENETICS); XENOBIOTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0035194233     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2001.00161.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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